Caching layers and invalidation
Caching is the cheapest performance win and the most common source of confusing bugs. Decide where it lives and what invalidates it before you add it.
- 7m
- Intermediate
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Overview
What this lesson covers
- Place caches at the edge, application, or data layer
- Choose a write strategy and an eviction policy
- Plan invalidation before you plan the cache
This lesson sits in Core Building Blocks, part of System Design Foundations. It assumes what came before it and leads directly into the next lesson in the module.
In this lesson you will:
- Place caches at the edge, application, or data layer
- Choose a write strategy and an eviction policy
- Plan invalidation before you plan the cache
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